1. Welcome from Ray Cagan
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Governance Structure 2012-2013
Mapping the Next 10 Years
Planning and Implementation
Focus Groups
Focus Areas Groups Oversight Committees
• Integrated Learning Specialist Program
Teaching and Learning • Integrated Learning Summer Institute Teaching and Learning
Purpose: Develop a professional
community of educators to respond • Regional Afterschool Arts Integration
to students’ diverse learning needs
Steering Committee • Dance Education Initiative
Purpose: Thoughtfully
connecting everyone
together
and following the details
Representatives from:
Alameda County Arts District Planning • Middle School Science and Arts Integration
Commission Purpose: Make systemic change
Alameda County Office of by building leadership capacity and • Demonstration Schools and New Assessments District Planning
Education accountability within and across
Cal Performances school districts for equitable access • CCSESA Region IV County Arts Lead
California State PTA to arts learning and arts integration
California State University • Alameda County Art and Life Skills
East Bay
Justice Matters
KQED
San Francisco Ballet
Teaching Artists Organized
Communication for • Art IS Education Month
Motivating Change Communication for
Purpose: Support policy change • Website and Social Media Motivating Change
that situates arts at the core of the
highest quality public education

2. Roles and Responsibilities
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH ENTITY PURPOSE/MEMBERSHIP/WHO
PLANNING AND  Created based on need to address specific issues or  Representatives of partner and collaborating agencies
IMPLEMENTATION accomplish defined objectives who are charged with implementation of specific
GROUPS  Constituted as defined partnerships between project project
participants who bring financial resources and/or expertise
 Develop, design, and direct the project
 Performs and executes programmatic work; implements
program
 Makes recommendations to the program oversight
committee based on results of their work
 Frequency of meetings as nature of work requires
OVERSIGHT  Provide expertise in program area  Experts in the field
COMMITTEES  Evaluates the program against defined strategic objectives  Representatives of Alliance partners
and annual workplans
 Makes recommendations to the Steering Committee
regarding allocation of resources
 Meets 3x/year or as nature of work requires
STEERING  Understand the goals and philosophy of the Alliance and  Representatives of lead partnership agencies
COMMITTEE support its strategic plan  Alameda County Office of Education staff
 Provide professional and organizational expertise to reach  Alameda County Arts Commission staff
Alliance goals and oversee implementation of strategies
 Review periodic updates and assess progress towards
strategic plan goals
 Actively promote and serve as a spokesperson for the
Alliance: within organization and with constituents,
policy/decision makers and the general public
 Build leadership in the Alliance governance structure
 Review the Steering Committee ongoing work priorities as
well as composition and recommend new partners
 Meets monthly to review and set direction

3. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Annual Workplan 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Afterschool Arts Integration
Date Submitted: Sept. 28, 2012
Lead Alliance Team Member: Jackie Shonerd
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Ai Vu avu@acoe.org
Tana Johnson tanajohnson@gmail.com
Kim Turner kim@ahc-oakland.org
Trena Noval tnoval@speakeasy.net
Jennyann Carthern jcarthern@gmail.com
Margaret Dunlap mbd123@pacbell.net
Mission: The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
is to establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education, across the curriculum, for
every child, in every school, every day.
What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes):
- Increase opportunities for Region 4 afterschool programs to access high quality arts-integrated
programming, with an emphasis on STEAM/STEM learning
- Increase understanding of the interconnections between the Studio Habits of Mind with the
Common Core State Standards and the New Generation Science Standards
This is how (activities):
- Share resources and frameworks for integrating arts learning into STEM learning (STEAM) with
2
up to 250 afterschool sites participating in the Power of Discovery: STEM grant
- Share common links between Studio Habits of Mind with the Common Core State Standards and
the New Generation Science Standards with prospective workshop presenters
- Provide workshops and examples of high quality arts integration afterschool at the Region 4
afterschool conferences with an emphasis on STEAM/STEM learning (Kick-off Conference Aug.
7, 2012 and Bridging the Bay Conference Feb. 1-2, 2013)
What are the benchmarks for success?
- Exhibit at Aug. 7 Region 4 Afterschool Kick-Off Conference (“Can a Chair Save the Planet?”)
- Workshops and quality examples of STEAM learning identified for presentations at Bridging the Bay
Feb. 1-2; positive feedback from participants.
- Examples of STEAM learning resources and strategies included in workshops presented to participants
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in the Power of Discovery: STEM grant as part of the needs assessment and program planning process.
Documentation or final products:
- Conference programs
- Workshop participant evaluation forms
- Resource lists, website links
- Feedback from sites participating in the Power of Discovery: STEM2 grant
- Exhibits at workshops/ conferences

4. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Mid-Year Workplan Update 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Afterschool Arts Integration
Date Submitted: January 23, 2013
Lead Alliance Team Member: Jackie Shonerd
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Ai Vu avu@acoe.org
Tana Johnson tanajohnson@gmail.com
Kim Turner kim@ahc-oakland.org
Trena Noval tnoval@speakeasy.net
Jennyann Carthern jcarthern@gmail.com
Mission: The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
is to establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education, across the curriculum, for
every child, in every school, every day.
What this group plans to accomplish:
- Increase opportunities for Region 4 afterschool programs to access high quality arts-integrated
programming, with an emphasis on STEAM/STEM learning
- Increase understanding of the interconnections between the Studio Habits of Mind with the
Common Core State Standards and the New Generation Science Standards
This is how (activities):
- Share resources and frameworks for integrating arts learning into STEM learning (STEAM) with
2
up to 250 afterschool sites participating in the Power of Discovery: STEM grant
- Share common links between Studio Habits of Mind with the Common Core State Standards and
the New Generation Science Standards with prospective workshop presenters
- Provide workshops and examples of high quality arts integration afterschool at the Region 4
afterschool conferences with an emphasis on STEAM/STEM learning (Kick-off Conference Aug.
7, 2012 and Bridging the Bay Conference Feb. 1-2, 2013)
What are the benchmarks for success?
- Exhibit at Aug. 7 Region 4 Afterschool Kick-Off Conference (“Can a Chair Save the Planet?”) This
exhibit and the Common Core workshop that included dramatizing informational text were highly
rated by participants.
- Workshops and quality examples of STEAM learning identified for presentations at Bridging the Bay
conference positive feedback from participants. 18 sessions with arts learning and/or STEAM focus
are scheduled at Region 4 Bridging the Bay, Feb. 1-2, 2013 by 8 different Arts Learning
providers. Performances by Bay Area K-12 Youth are featured on both days.
- Examples of STEAM learning resources and strategies included in workshops to be presented to
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participants in the Power of Discovery: STEM grant as part of the needs assessment and program
planning process and through workshop offerings. The Jan. 15 Power of Discovery Workshop #1 in
the series emphasized fostering creativity as integral to STEM/STEAM learning. Videoconference
workshops including STEAM resources are in the process of being scheduled for March and April.
Documentation or final products:
- Conference programs
- Workshop participant evaluation forms
- Resource lists, website links
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- Feedback from sites participating in the Power of Discovery: STEM grant
- Exhibits at workshops/ conferences

5. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Annual Workplan 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Art IS Education
Date Submitted: 09/26/12
Lead Alliance Team Member: Violet Juno
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Name / Organization Program Position / Email
Unique Holland / ACOE Strategic Initiatives &Communications & Assistant to Supt. /
uholland@acoe.org
Nate Ivy / ACOE Service Learning Waste Reduction Coordinator nivy@acoe.org
Violet Juno / ACAC Arts Education Coordinator / violet.juno@acgov.org
Sabrina KleinBelinda Taylor / Teaching Artists Organized
/Belinda@teachingartistsorganized.org
Susan Manbiean / Fremont Unified Arts Specialist / susanpatriciasdesigns@yahoo.com
Scott Miner / ACAC Commissioner / scottaminer@hotmail.com
Gary Morrison / Alameda County Library Teen Services Coor / GMorrison@aclibrary.org
Rachel Osajima / Alameda County Arts Commission ED / Rachel.Osajima@acgov.org
Pedro Naranjo / Alameda County Health Care Services Agency / Pedro.Naranjo@acgov.org
Lara Jealous / Montclair Elem School Art & Environmental Ed Co-Chair /
larajealous@comcast.net
Darlene Wilhelm/ Fremont Unified / Walters Junior High / dwilhelm@fremont.k12.ca.us
Mission: The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning
Leadership is to establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education, across
the curriculum, for every child, in every school, every day.
Art IS Education Background:
Art IS Education is a program of the Alameda County Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership, a
project of the Alameda County Office of Education in partnership with the Alameda County Arts
Commission. Art IS Education is an annual showcase of arts learning in Alameda County
schools in March during national arts education month. Events include presentations of visual
and performing arts created by K-12 students with a public gathering at a school or community
site. Over the last 12 years, Art IS Education has become a highly visible countywide event that
creates a vehicle for students to share with their community what they are learning in and
through the arts.
What this group plans to: accomplish (anticipated outcomes), how (activities),
benchmarks, and current activities:
1. Promote participation through the 2013 Theme (anticipated outcome)
• Goal of theme is to continue to build on the success of the 2012 theme and provide
multiple entry points for youth and families to envision making positive change for
themselves, their communities and the world through the arts
• Projected Activities: Create and promote a ready-to-use lesson plan based on the
theme that could be used by schools, teachers, teaching artists, librarians, and

6. parents. Share on Art IS Education web site and in person with groups such as
Alliance Retreats.
• Projected Benchmarks: Create lesson plan, develop student and community artwork
samples, photograph artwork, submit to Art IS Ed web site, share with partners, and
present at convenings.
• Current Activities:
o Theme identified: “Every Child is Creative”
o Initial lesson planning begun: Project will build on highly successful community
quilt project from 2012.
2. Continue to build and strengthen county partnerships from 2012 (anticipated outcome)
• Goal of partnership work is to continue to build upon and deepen county
partnerships to encourage and strengthen multi-level partnerships between
county government, city and civic organizations, local arts organizations, school
districts, and local artists to advance a common understanding that the arts are
an essential part of a complete education for every child, and a thriving Alameda
County.
• Projected Activities: Deepen and expand partnerships with Alameda County
Library, New Beginnings Program, 100 Families Alameda County, Alameda
County Health Care Services Agency, Alameda County Probation, Alameda
County Sustainability Program Service Learning Waste Reduction Project.
Specific activities include: Convene planning groups and meetings, develop
plans for new and continuing projects, promote, document and reflect on
projects.
• Projected Benchmarks: Project plans created and shared with partners, project
promotion created and shared, documentation and evaluation documents
created and shared.
• Current Activities: Initial planning begun with several partners. Art IS Ed P&I
Group meetings have been scheduled to take place at the Office Building of the
Alameda County Arts Commission:
o Monday, October 29, 3:00-4:30pm (Rm 1105)
o Monday, January 14, 3:00-4:30pm (Rm 1107)
o Monday, May 13, 3:00-4:30pm (Rm 1105)
3. Provide feedback on proposed action steps that link to the theme (anticipated outcome)
• Goal of the action steps is provide the basis for public engagement at Art IS
Education 2013 events.
• Projected Activities: Provide feedback on action steps suggested by the
Communicating for Motivating Change group that might use an online letter/fax
campaign targeting elected officials focusing on timely issue facing arts
education during March 2013.
• Projected Benchmarks: Receive suggested action steps, submit feedback.
• Current Activities: Art IS Ed P&I Group Lead, Violet Juno, is scheduled to attend
Communicating for Motivating Change meetings to act as a liaison between the
two groups to facilitate projected activities.
Anticipated documentation or final products:
• Art IS Education information sheet, poster and custom poster.
• New theme-based lesson plan, artwork examples, and photographs of resulting
theme-based projects.
• Alameda County Board of Supervisors Art IS Education proclamation.

7. • Alameda County Library booklet including of events at 10 library locations.
• Photo and video documentation collected from AC Library events.
• Updates to family resource web page on Alameda County Library web site for Art IS
Education related books, and web links.
• Updates to dedicated educator resource web page on Alameda County Sustainability
web site for lesson plans, books, and web links.
• County of Alameda press releases about Art IS Education partnership events and
any resulting press.
• Information sheet for Art IS Education Exhibitions at County Administration building.

8. Alameda County Office of Education Alliance
for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Mid Year Report 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: CCSESA Region IV County Arts Lead
Date Submitted: 01/28/13
Time Period this form covers: 09/01/12 – 06/30/13
Lead Alliance Team Member: Carolyn Carr
Chair, Louise Music, ACOE, lmusic@acoe.org
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Susan Stauter, SFCOE, San Francisco, artssf@aol.com
Terry Longoria, NCOE, Napa County, tlongoria@ncoe.k12.ca.us
Antigone Trimis, SFUSD, San Francisco antigone@mindspring.com
Audra Pittman, San Mateo County Office of Ed.,apittman@smcoe.k12.ca.us
Rob Daniels, VAPA, SFUSD, DanielsR1@sfusd.edu
Ellen Arenas
Judy Arrow, jarrow@marin.k12.ca.us
Jan Sabo, jsabo@ncoe.k12.ca.us
Kathy Farros-Hoepner, Solano COE, Kathyf@vusd.solanocoe.k12.ca.us
Laura Trahan, Marin COE, ltrahan@marin.k12.ca.us
Louise Barbee, Contra Costa County (lbarbee@cccoe.k12.ca.us)
Miki Hsu Leavey, Napa, mikihsuleavey@pacbell.net; mleavey@ncoe.k12.ca.us;
Marsha Tokuyoshi, Contra Costa County MTokuyoshi@cccoe.k12.ca.us
Phil Rydeen, VAPA, OUSD phil.rydeen@ousd.k12.ca.us
Susan Spain, Marin COE, sspain@marin.k12.ca.us
Suzanne McCulloch, VAPA, BUSD (suzannemcculloch@berkeley.net)
What this group planned to accomplish (anticipated outcomes for 2012-13 annual workplan):
Together the committee will look at how county offices of education can help schools and
school districts transition to a new generation of performance assessments aligned to California
common core standards through arts learning. Meeting topics will include:
• Arts learning and Common Core standards professional development
• The 6th annual, regional Leadership Forum on Collective Impact and Mapping the Next 10
Years – January 9, 2013
• Arts learning in court and community schools
• Arts learning in after school
• The second annual Region 4 Integrated Learning Summer Institute August 13-15, 2013
Progress to date:
The January meeting of this group co-convened with the Regional Summer Institute (SI) Planning
and Implementation group (including Caren Gutierrez, Asian Art Museum; Roxanne Padgett,
MOCHA; Janice Jackson, SCOPE; Belinda Taylor, TAO; Kristen Farr, KQED; Nate Ivy, ACOE;
Mariah Landers, ACOE; Louise Music, ACOE; Carolyn Carr, ACOE). This was a joint working meeting
Where members weighed in on the presented SI throughline and strands and made recommendations
for plenary speakers/performers and mini course presenters.

9. Alameda County Office of Education Alliance
for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Mid Year Report 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Dance Education Initiative
Date Submitted: 01/23/13
Time Period this form covers: 09/01/12 – 06/30/13
Lead Alliance Team Member: Nancy Ng and Ashlie Kirbys
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Name / Organization Program Position / Email
Nancy Ng, Director of Community Engagement, Luna Dance Institute, nng@lunadanceinstitute.org
Annika Presley, Director of Education, AXIS Dance Company, Annika@axisdance.org
Avilee Goodwin, Dance Specialist, Alameda County, agoodwin@anyways.com
Cheryl Eccles, pre-K Dance Educator, Berkeley and Oakland , cleccles2@comcast.net
Heidi Sawicki, PE/Dance Teachers, PUSD, hsawicki@piedmont.k12.ca.us
Ashlie Kirby, Teaching Artist, Luna Dance Institute, akirby@lunadanceinstitute.org
Valerie Gutwirth, Dance Specialist, BUSD, valeriegutwirth@berkeley.net
Linda Carr, Dance Teachers, AHA Berkeley High
Carolyn Carr, ACOE rep
Danae Rees, Co-President, CDEA, danae.e.rees@gmail.com
What this group planned to accomplish (anticipated outcomes from 2012-13 Workplan):
Items below taken from objectives in workplan:
1. Identify dance programming happening in Alameda County (carried over from 2011-12 year)
2. Develop network to support Alameda County dance artists, educators and providers
3. Promote value of dance in Alameda County to a wider audience (from parents to decision-makers)
Progress to date:
Objective One: This group met 1/23/13 and decided how to implement at survey that will be administered to
school districts in Alameda County. The survey will be implemented in phases. The first phase will be to
identify one key person in each district that a DEI member will call and ask a short series of questions. In this
conversation, the DEI member will also frame the work of ACOE AALL and how the DEI relates to this.; and
ask for potential survey respondents for the 2nd phase of this survey which will probably be online. DEI
members will also direct survey respondents to the Art is Ed. Website. Some of the survey information we
wish to ultimately find our includes: Is dance happening in your district? When does it happen (in-school/after-
school)?; Who provides it and what is the fte? (certificated personnel, TA, arts group); How much do the
students get? (ongoing for whole year, 10-week residency, which grades); What kind of dance? (cultural, folk,
creative, etc.)? How is it funded? ; What is program longevity? The first phase will be administered in February.
DEI will meet in March to review data and decide next steps. The ultimate goal is to create a map of dance
edu. for ACOE.

10. DEI needs this from ACOE office: names of one key person in outlying districts (particularly south county) we
contact); technical support once the survey is online. We would like to link online survey through Art Is website
and use ACOE IT to help us analyze data and create map. Carolyn Carr told us she would help with this.
Objective Two: DEI will use dance education events already scheduled to network dance educators and
support survey data collection – this includes CDEA conference 2/02/13 (many of the DEI members will be
there); and Luna Arts Education Forum April 20th.
Objective Three: DEI members looked at ACOE ArtIs website. Many folks had not seen this yet. Members
will post on website so that WHAT IS happening in Alameda County can be made visible as advocacy tool for
dance education.
DEI needs this from ACOE IT: ability to upload video link to web postings. We also would like the new AALL
coordinator Ray Kagan attend our March meeting scheduled for 3/13/13 Wed. 4-6 pm at Luna.

11. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Dance Annual Workplan 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Dance Education Initiative
Date Submitted: 10/03/12
Lead Alliance Team Member: Nancy Ng (Luna Dance Institute); Luna representative may chance
this year.
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Nancy Ng nng@lunadanceinstitute.org
Jochelle Perena jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org
Heidi Sawicki heidi-o@comcast.net
Avilee Goodwin agoodwin@anyways.com
Annika Nonhebel annika@axisdance.org
Cheryl Eccles cleccles2@comcast.net
Mission: The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
is to establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education, across the curriculum, for
every child, in every school, every day.
What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes):
(From 2012-13 strategic plan goals; some 2011-12 goals have been carried to this academic
year.)
Goal: Promote the value of dance and develop network of Alameda County dance resources.
Objective One: Identify dance programming happening in Alameda County (carried over from
2011-12 year)
Strategies:
1) Survey city unified school district offices and county-wide arts organizations
through ACOE website.
2) Develop follow-up plan for survey
Objective Two: Develop network to support Alameda County dance artists, educators and
providers
Strategies:
1) Use information from surveys to develop network database
2) Convene network at an event where they can support and learn from each
other
3) Link with other dance institutions that can support convening (ie. California
Dance Education Association, Luna Dance Institute’s Dance Education Forum
2013)
10/03/12 nn

12. Objective Three: Promote value of dance in Alameda County to a wider audience (from
parents to decision-makers)
Strategies:
1) You tube link to ACOE web page
2) Encourage network to showcase dance publicly in their community (use existing
outlets – Bay Area National Dance Week, Dance Anywhere, Earth Day)
This is how (activities):
See question above.
Documentation or final products:
• Survey results
• Follow-up plan from survey
• Possibly a network database? (As all communication is through new ACOE website
should consider using this)
• Description and photo documentation of event (network convening)
10/03/12 nn

13. Alameda County Office of Education Alliance
Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Mid Year Report 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group:
Demonstration School and Assessment Planning and Implementation Group
Date Submitted: 01/23/13
Time Period this form covers: 09/01/12 – 06/30/13
Lead Alliance Team Member: Ingrid Roberson
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Alameda County Office of Eduation
• Alicia Gonzalez, Math Coordinator (agonzalez@acoe.org)
• L. Karen Monroe, Associate Superintendent (lkmonroe@acoe.org)
• Louise Music, Executive Director (lmusic@acoe.org)
• Aaron Tigerino, Math Coordinator (atigerino@acoe.org)
California Office to Reform Education
• Shannah Estep, Manager of Curriculum Integration
• Ben Miller, Director of Standards, Instruction and Assessment
Envision Learning Partners
• Symon Hayes, Director of Professional Development (symon@envisionlearning.org)
• Erika Nielsen Andrew, Executive Director (erika@envisionlearning.org)
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education
• Diane Friedlaender, Senior Associate (diane.f@stanford.edu)
• Janice Jackson, Executive Director (janice.jackson@stanford.edu)
Other
• David Foster, Silicon Valley Math Initiative, (dfoster@svmimac.org)
• Phil Rydeen, Visual and Performing Arts Manager, Oakland Unified School District
(prydeen@ousd.k12.ca.us)
Purpose: The purpose of this working group is to establish a network of demonstration schools
that utilize performance assessments as aligned to the integrations of art learning in core
content areas.

14. What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes):
1. Network of demonstration schools
2. Performance assessments
This is how (activities): This group will meet bi-monthly to plan and coordinate both the
network of demonstration schools and performance assessment activities that support arts
integration into core content areas. Key activities include:
• Recruitment of new cohort of schools for Envision Learning’s Bay Area Performance
Assessment Network, and
• Development of performance tasks with CORE districts in the core content areas of
English Language Arts and Mathematics.

15. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Annual Workplan 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group:
Demonstration Schools and Performance Assessments
Date Submitted:
09/28/2012
Lead Alliance Team Member:
Ingrid Roberson
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Alicia Gonzalez agonzalez@acoe.org
Aaron Tigerino atigerino@acoe.org
Louise Music lmusic@acoe.org
L. Karen Monroe lkmonroe@acoe.org
Mission:
The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership is to
establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education, across the curriculum, for every
child, in every school, every day.
What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes):
This group will establish a network of demonstrations schools that utilize performance assessments as
aligned to the integrations of art learning to core content areas.
This is how (activities):
This group will meet bi-monthly to plan and coordinate performance assessment activities that support
arts integration into core content areas. This group will asset map coordinated partner activities that make
visible performance assessment in demonstration schools.
What are the benchmarks for success?
There will be quarterly progress reports.
Documentation or final products:
There will be performance assessments aligned to arts integration.

16. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Annual Workplan 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: IMSS/TARI: Integrating Middle School Science and Teacher
Action Research Initiative
Date Submitted: September 28, 2012
Lead Alliance Team Member: Carolyn S. Carr
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Chair: Mike Walbridge, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, SLUSD mwalbridge@sanleandro.k12.ca.us
Middle School Leadership:
Bancroft: Principal: Jonathan ?
Muir: Vice Principal: Zach Kahn, zlahn@sanleandro.k12.ca.us
Elementary School Principal: Washington: Tracey Lantz tlantz@sanleandro.k12.ca.us
Science: Ai Vu (IMSS) avu@acoe.org
Teacher Action Research: Anna Richert (Mills Teacher Scholars) ae.richert@gmail.com
Carrie Wilson (Mills Teacher Scholars) wilson.carriekate@gmail.com
Claire Bove: Wilson (Mills Teacher Scholars) cbove@gmail.com
English Language Arts: Cynthia Medina (ACOE ELD Coach) cmedina@acoe.org
Evaluation: Diane Friedlander (Stanford) dianef@stanford.edu
Teaching Artist: Brett Cook brettcookmail@gmail.com
Arts Integration PD: Tana Johnson (ACOE) tanajohnson@gmail.com
Coordination: Carolyn Carr (ACOE) carolynscarr@gmail.com
Oversight: Louise Music (ACOE) lmusic@acoe.org
Mission: The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership is
to establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education, across the curriculum, for
every child, in every school, every day.
What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes) and how:
1. Implement 4 daylong professional development workshops (Sept, Dec, Feb, Mar) that integrate
Science, ELA and the arts by meeting with coaches to co-design scaffolded, arts integrated lessons.
2. Gather data on how teachers are assessing student work by creating & implementing a coaching plan
that brings coaches to schools sites to work with teachers on how they are looking at and assessing
student work meaningfully.
3. Present data outcomes from surveys to principals in the fall and spring so that they understand the
scope of the work deepening content knowledge through arts integration.
What are the benchmarks for success? Each teacher will develop one arts integrated lesson or unit
by the end of the school year.
Documentation or final products: Each completed arts integrated lesson/unit will be uploaded onto
the Alliance website. PowerPoints from each PD will be made available online.

17. Alameda County Office of Education Alliance
for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Mid Year Report 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: IMSS/TARI: Integrating Middle School Science and
Teacher Action Research Initiative
Date Submitted: 01/23/13
Time Period this form covers: 09/01/12 – 06/30/13
Lead Alliance Team Member: Carolyn Carr
Members of Group:
Mike Walbridge, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, SLUSD mwalbridge@sanleandro.k12.ca.us
Middle School Leadership:
Bancroft: Principal: Jonathan Ferrer, jferrer@sanleandro.k12.ca.us
Muir: Vice Principal: Zach Kahn, zlahn@sanleandro.k12.ca.us
Elementary School Principal: Washington: Tracey Lantz tlantz@sanleandro.k12.ca.us
Science: Ai Vu (IMSS) avu@acoe.org
Teacher Action Research: Anna Richert (Mills Teacher Scholars) ae.richert@gmail.com
Carrie Wilson (Mills Teacher Scholars) wilson.carriekate@gmail.com
Claire Bove: Wilson (Mills Teacher Scholars) cbove@gmail.com
English Language Arts: Cynthia Medina (ACOE ELD Coach) cmedina@acoe.org
Evaluation: Diane Friedlander (Stanford) dianef@stanford.edu
Teaching Artist: Brett Cook brettcookmail@gmail.com
Arts Integration PD: Tana Johnson (ACOE) tanajohnson@gmail.com
Coordination: Carolyn Carr (ACOE) carolynscarr@gmail.com
Oversight: Louise Music (ACOE) lmusic@acoe.org
What this group planned to accomplish (anticipated outcomes from 2012-13 Annual Work Plan):
#1: Implement 4 daylong professional development workshops (Sept, Dec, Mar, May) that integrate
Science, ELA and the arts by meeting with coaches to co-design scaffolded, arts integrated lessons.
#2: Gather data on how teachers are assessing student work by creating & implementing a coaching plan
that brings coaches to schools sites to work with teachers on how they are looking at and assessing
student work meaningfully.
#3 Present data outcomes from surveys to principals in the fall and spring so that they understand the
scope of the work deepening content knowledge through arts integration.
Progress To Date:
#1: Tana Johnson and Brett Cook co-led two successful PDs (Sept 27 and Dec 10) with a total of 15 teachers
attending. Evaluations have been positive. Third is currently being planned for March with a focus on Teaching
for Understanding and making the teaching practice and process transparent.
#2: Coaches are meeting with small groups of teachers between each PD to look at student work together and
get a baseline for assessing their work.
#3: Louise and Carolyn have met with district leadership several times to deepen connections and understanding
around PLCs and how to plan strategically for a Principals Meeting scheduled for Feb 26 where Diane
Friedlander will present data outcomes from surveys and Carolyn will facilitate a discussion with principals about
how to align IMSS/TARI strategies with PLC work site by site. Cynthia and Carolyn are meeting with all principals
one-on-one to emphasize the role of site leads and to learn about their site’s PLC.

18. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Annual Workplan 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Region IV County Arts Leads
Date Submitted: September 28, 2012
Lead Alliance Team Member: Louise Music and Carolyn Carr
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Terry Longoria, NCOE
Susan Stauter, SFCOE
Antigone Trimis, SFUSD
Rob Daniels, VAPA, SFUSD
Audra Pittman
Ellen Arenas
? jarrow@marin.k12.ca.us
? jsabo@ncoe.k12.ca.us
Kathy Farros-Hoepner ?
Laura Trahan ?
Louise Barbee, Contra Costa County (lbarbee@cccoe.k12.ca.us)
Miki Hsu Leavey, Napa, mikihsuleavey@pacbell.net; mleavey@ncoe.k12.ca.us;
? MTokuyoshi@cccoe.k12.ca.us
Phil Rydeen, VAPA, OUSD phil.rydeen@ousd.k12.ca.us
Susan Spain ?
Suzanne Mcculloch, VAPA, BUSD (suzannemcculloch@berkeley.net)
Mission: The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
is to establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education, across the curriculum, for
every child, in every school, every day.
What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes):
Together the committee will look at how county offices of education can help schools and school
districts transition to a new generation of performance assessments aligned to California common core
standards through arts learning. Meeting topics will include:
• Arts learning and Common Core standards professional development
• The 6th annual, regional Leadership Forum on Collective Impact and Mapping the Next 10 Years –
January 9, 2013
• Arts learning in court and community schools
• Arts learning in after school
• The second annual Region 4 Integrated Learning Summer Institute August 13-15, 2013

19. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Annual Workplan 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Social Media Planning & Implementation Group
Date Submitted: 10/3/12
Lead Alliance Team Member: Jessie Wick
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
Tana Johnson tanajohnson@gmail.com
Susan Wolf swolfprojects@gmail.com
Tina Silverstein tsilverstein@acoe.org
Unique Holland uholland@acoe.org
Mariah Landers mlanders@acoe.org
Carolyn Carr carolynscarr@gmail.com
Belinda Taylor belindat@me.com
Kathy Graddy kgraddy@artiseducation.org
Mission: The mission of the Social Media Planning & Implementation Group is to utilize communications
media to increase enrollment in professional development opportunities, support teacher learning and
collaboration and communicate to motivate change and transformation in the public schools in Alameda
County.
What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes):
Unified message and more connectedness using all website and social media channels
This is how (activities):
Aligning messaging (blog post announcements, School & Student Stories, Facebook & Twitter activities)
to create momentum around events, forums, workshops and annual action step.
Implement Phase II of website redeisgn -- including teacher units section.
Provide annual calendar for staff to coordinate and focus their blogging and providing information to
website and social media.
Provide any training necessary so that staff can appropriately contribute to the website and other social
media.
What are the benchmarks for success?:
Soliciting & receiving quality Stories to publish on website,
continued momentum with arts providers submitting events to calendar
improved statistics
smoothly functioning website
Documentation or final products:
● Online published content, and statistics: Facebook likes/views, twitter “re-tweets”, blog post and
site views. Online documentation
● Useful, used teacher units section
● Action step collateral

20. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Mid Year Report 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Regional Summer Institute
Date Submitted: January 23, 2012
Lead Alliance Team Member: Carolyn S. Carr
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
• Etta Heber, Chabot Space and Science Center eheber@chabot.org
• Janice Jackson, SCOPE janice.jackson@stanford.edu
• Belinda Taylor, TAO belindat@mac.com
• Miko Lee, Youth in Arts mlee@youthinarts.org
• Roxanne Padgett, MOCHA roxanne@mocha.org
• Julia Marshall, SF State jmarsh@sfusd.org
• Helena Carmena, Cal Academy of Sciences hcarmena@calacademy.org
• Julie Charles, SFMOMA jcharles@sfmoma.org
• Kristen Farr, KQED kfarr@kqed.org
• Caren Gutierrez, Asian Art Museum cgutierrez@asianart.org
• Nate Ivy, ACOE nivy@acoe.org
Mission: The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning
Leadership is to establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education,
across the curriculum, for every child, in every school, every day.
What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes):
Build on the success of the first year’s institute by:
• Refining and starting the RFP process earlier
• Providing orientation to RFP process and workshop on presentation skills
• Streamlining the online registration process
• Developing marketing plan in the fall of 2012
• Increasing outreach for substantial sponsorships to raise more funding
Progress to Date
• Set date for August 13-15, 2012
• Secured same location at Chabot Space & Science Center
• Held three Planning & Implementation Group meetings between November and January
where above members brainstormed themes, strands, plenary speakers & artists, and
ideas for mini courses.

21. The following chart lists the strands and understanding goals for the institute.
Strand 1 Strand 2 Strand 3
Rehumanizing Classrooms Citizenship and the Engaging our Creative
and Community Environment Power
Understanding Goal Understanding Goal Understanding Goal
How can we create safe and How can we take How can we harness the
respectful human responsibility for the urgent courage and innovation
relationships to realize the issues of our natural necessary for each and every
potential of our classrooms environment? child to succeed?
and communities?
Progress to Date (continued)
• An all hands Alliance meeting will be held Jan 25 as an orientation for staff about
planning for registration (online & onsite), marketing, design/print, faculty roles, and
social media presence.
• A contract is in process with Chabot Space and Science Center
• A contract has been established between Teaching Artists Organized and ACOE to
manage registration and volunteers.
• A “Registration Open” Eblast has gone out to entire Alliance list. The Alliance website
has been updated.
• The RFP Eblast is scheduled to go out Jan 29. Proposals are due Feb 25.
• Mini courses can now be for one session or a series of two or three sessions across the
three days.
• The format of Reflection Groups is being reconsidered. Current thinking is to extend the
mini course to 2 hours and use the last half hour for reflection. Two faculty would
attend each mini course and facilitate the reflection process with the mini course
presenter for the last half hour.
• The Wine Reception is being moved from the middle to last day of the Institute for a
celebratory closing.
• Fundraising has began when Carolyn did a pitch for sponsorships for 14K at the recent
P&I meeting at Berkeley Rep.

22. Alameda County Office of Education
Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Planning and Implementation Groups
Annual Workplan 2012/13
Name of Planning and Implementation Group: Regional Summer Institute
Date Submitted: September 28, 2012
Lead Alliance Team Member: Carolyn S. Carr
Members of Group (please include email addresses):
• Janice Jackson, SCOPE janice.jackson@stanford.edu
• Belinda Taylor, TAO belindat@mac.com
• Miko Lee, Youth in Arts mlee@youthinarts.org
• Roxanne Padgett, MOCHA roxanne@mocha.org
• Helena Carmena, Cal Academy of Sciences hcarmena@calacademy.org
• Julie Charles, SFMOMA jcharles@sfmoma.org
• Kristen Farr, KQED kfarr@kqed.org
• Caren Gutierrez, Asian Art Museum cgutierrez@asianart.org
• Evelyn Orantes, Oakland Museum eorantes@museumca.org
• Nate Ivy, ACOE nivy@acoe.org
Mission: The mission of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
is to establish arts learning at the core of the highest quality public education, across the curriculum, for
every child, in every school, every day.
What this group plans to accomplish (anticipated outcomes):
Build on the success of the first year’s institute by:
• Refining and starting the RFP process earlier
• Providing orientation to RFP process and workshop on presentation skills
• Streamlining the online registration process
• Developing marketing plan in the fall of 2012
• Increasing outreach for substantial sponsorships to raise more funding
This is how (activities):
See attached timeline
What are the benchmarks for success? High attendance; strong evaluations; increased enrollment in
ILSP courses; increased attendance at Leadership Retreats; a growth spurt in educational leadership
throughout the greater community.
Documentation or final products: Continue to use and refine the Inventingourfuture@ning.com; involve
ACOE’s Communications Department in planning the documentation at SI.